I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Rode Advertising (New York, NY) in Sept 2019
Interview
I came in on time and still had to wait 15 minutes. The interviewer looked like she hadn’t slept in days and kept blinking with beaty eyes. She actually didnt even look at my resume and interrogated me so much because of it. She even asked “what do you want to be when you’re older”. She wasn’t even sure what the internship position was for.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Rode Advertising (New York, NY) in Sept 2017
Interview
My interview was brief, but I felt they'd made up their mind almost instantly after seeing my work. I was asked specific questions about my previous agency experience, but was more of a "see if you're going to like it here" type of interview. I felt pretty comfortable through the entire process, and I was offered the job by the end of my company tour.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Rode Advertising (New York, NY)
Interview
First I met with a small group, including Ron Nelson the male partner, which went great. I was then asked to come back to meet Debbi, the female partner, "as a formality," which ended up being a nightmare. She complained that my portfolio was online rather than printed, and then made several very inappropriate comments. "I hope you're not planning on having a baby anytime soon, because the hours can be very long and erratic." "This probably also won't work if you have a therapist appointment to run off to every week." Overall she was abrasive, inappropriate, and it definitely wasn't the "just a formality" - type second interview I had been led to believe it would be. More like, "let's watch the newbie squirm and see if she can take it."
Afterwards, I was told that they liked my work but wanted to make sure it was a "good fit", and asked if I could freelance for a day or two to see how it would work. I took off work from my full time job and came in for three days, working on a pitch project, which went fine. After that, they asked me to come back and do MORE freelance work, for which I said I couldn't continue to take off work from my full-time job. They said they would find something I could do remotely, but then never did. By this time I felt pretty strung along and also felt that the office environment was a bit dysfunctional, so I didn't follow up.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"Don't think you can just get hired and then have a baby right away."